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The present study was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of integrative couple therapy and integrative behavioral couple therapy on increasing the emotional and sexual intimacy of couples affected by infidelity in Shahriar (Andishe city in Iran).

This was a quasi-experimental study with a pretest-posttest design and a control group. The statistical population included couples whose male partner had cheated, and were referred to counseling centers of Andishe city in 2018. Twenty four couples were selected through convenient sampling and randomly assigned into two experimental groups and one control group (8 couples in each group). The subjects in the two experimental groups attended 10 couple therapy sessions, whereas no intervention was carried out for the control group. The subjects responed to the Marital Intimacy Needs Questionnaire (Bagarozzi, 2001).

The results of analysis of covariance and block analysis of variance showed that integrative behavioral couple therapy and integrative couple therapy had a significant effect on the component of satisfaction with confrontation in the dimension of sexual intimacy )p<0.05), but no significant difference was observed between the two approaches. Integrative behavioral couple therapy was also effective in increasing emotional intimacy in all components, but this effectiveness was not achieved in integrative couple therapy.

Considering the effectiveness of integrative couple therapy and integrative behavioral couple therapy on the component of satisfaction with confrontation in sexual intimacy, the use of these approaches in promoting sexual intimacy of couples affected by infidelity may be effective. Also, considering the effectiveness of integrative behavioral couple therapy in increasing emotional and sexual intimacy, this approach can be used by couple therapists.

In recent years, researchers have attempted to assess the effectiveness of couple therapies. This research aimed to evaluate the Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT) and Affective Reconstructive Couple Therapy (ARCT) as treatments for marital conventionalization and global distress.

The statistical population of the present study consisted of couples referring to counseling centers in district 3 of Tehran in 2017. The sampling method of this study was purposeful. Twenty-four couples divided into two experimental groups and one control group. They completed Marriage Satisfaction Questionnaire-Revised Snyder (1979). The experimental groups received 12 ninety-minute sessions of IBCT or ARCT, whereas the control group received no interventions. Data analyzed through MANCOVA test with repeated measures, and SPSS software version 24.

The findings indicated that integrative behavior therapy significantly affected marital conventionalization and global distress (F= 23.361, P< 0.001). Also, affective reconstructive couple therapy had significant effects on marital conventionalization (F= 13.566, P< 0.001) and global distress (F= 10.267, P< 0.003). In addition, both therapies have been effective one-month follow-ups.

The study found that integrative behavioral couple therapy and affective reconstructive couple therapy are effective to increase marital conventionalization and reduce global distress. Teaching integrative behavior couple therapy and affective reconstructive couple therapy can be effective for psychologists, health professionals, couple therapists, and family counselors to improve marital satisfaction.

Studies have shown that cognitive behavioral psycholdarama group therapy is effective on improving emotional and relational problems but a study which addresses the impact of this therpay on interpersonal problems and difficulty in emotion regulation in divorced women has been neglected.

the purpose of the current study was to examine the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral psycholdarama group therapy (CBPGT) on reducing interpersonal problems and difficulty in emotion regulation in divorced women.

This research is quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test and a control group. The statistical population includes all divorced women who had referred to private counseling and psychological centers (84 centers) under the supervision of the General Department of Welfare in Mashhad in 2018. Among them, 24 people were selected by convenience sampling method and were randomly located into two experimental and control groups. Research tools were 60-item Interpersonal Problem Questionnaire (HP-60) and difficulty in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS). Experimental group received sixteen 120-min of cognitive behavioral psycholdarama group therapy sessions (Treadwell, 2016). Data analysis was performed using multivariate covariance, variance analysis with repeated measurements and Ben Foroni post hoc test with the SPSS20 software.

Cognitive behavioral psycholdarama group therapy has significant effect on reducing interpersonal problems and difficulty in emotion regulation in divorced women (p< 0/05). This result was also consistent in the follow-up.

Cognitive behavioral psycholdarama group therapy can reduce interpersonal problems and difficulty in emotion regulation in divorced women.

The purpose of the present study was to compare the effectiveness of emotional-focused couple therapy and imago relationship (Imago) Therapy on the marital conflicts of couples referring to counseling centers in Tehran city.

Research method was a quasi–experimental with pre and post-test and o control group. The statistical population consisted of couples who had are to ten years of marriage experience and had at least one child. The sample included 30 couples who were selected by chance among couples volunteered to participate in this study and 10 couples randomly assigned to experimental and control groups, while each couple was considered as one unit for analysis. Sanaie and others (2008) revised marital conflicts (MCQR) questionnaire which has 54 items and assess decreased cooperation and sexual relationship, increased emotional reactions, increased children support, increased relationship with their own relatives, decreased relationship with spouse relatives and friends, separation of financial affairs, and decreased effective communication used to assess marital conflicts of couples. Data analysis was done by covariance analysis method.

Emotional - focused couple therapy and Imago therapy decreased couples marital conflicts, but there was no meaningful difference in their effectiveness on couples marital conflicts.

Both emotional–focused therapy and Imago therapy are effective in reducing couples marital conflicts and can be used to help couples with marital conflicts

Marital infidelity is the most harmful act in a relationship, destroys the trust of the injured spouse, it reduces resilience and has unfortunate consequences.

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of integrative couple therapy and integrative behavioral couple therapy on increasing the resilience of couples affected by infidelity.

The present study is a quasi-experimental study with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group. The statistical population of the study includes couples who committed adultery and have referred to counseling centers in Andishe city in 2018. 24 couples were randomly assigned to three groups (two experimental groups and one control group) by available sampling. The Subjects answered Connor and Davidson resilience questionnaire. Univariate analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data.

The results showed that integrative couple therapy (F=13/489, 𝝶2=0/325) and integrative behavioral couple therapy (F=31/988, 𝝶2= 0/533)   re effective in increasing the resilience of couples affected by infidelity. Subjects scores in the post-test Connor and Davidson resilience scale had a significant increase compared to the pre-test scores (p <0.05).

Marital infidelity is a multi-causal phenomenon and since no single theory has a path to reality, considering the extent of harms and consequences of infidelity, based on the findings; it is suggested to use effective interventions of integrative approaches.

The present research aimed to study the effect of cognitive analytic therapy on the self-efficacy and interpersonal problems of women with dependent personality disorder. The present research was a quasi-experimental study with the pretest-posttest design. Subjects of the experimental group consisted of all women in Tehran aged 19 to 40 years of age who had referred to Azad University counseling centers (Roodehen branch), Tonekaboni counseling center, and researcher’s counseling office. They were selected after being recognized as having dependent personality disorder through Millon Personality Test. They were administered with ten cognitive-analytic therapy sessions, while those in the control group did not received the treatment. All subjects filled out the Sherer (1982) General Self-Efficacy Scale and the Barkham (1996) Inventory of Interpersonal Problems before and one month after the intervention. The results showed that cognitive-analytic therapy was significantly effective in increasing the self-efficacy and reducing the interpersonal problems of subjects in the test group (P<0.0001). The study findings indicated the effectiveness of cognitive analytic therapy in increasing the self-efficacy and reducing the interpersonal problems of women with dependent personality disorder. This approach can be used by mental health professionals for improving the symptoms of this disorder among Iranian women.

Aim: The present study was conducted to investigate the effectiveness of training integrative behavioral-systems couple therapy on psychological wellbeing of maladaptive couples.
The present study was applied in case of purpose and quasi-experimental with pretest, posttest and control group, follow-up design in case of method. The statistical population of the study included all the couples referred to Siavashan, AvayeMehr, Kamran consultation centers and specialized neuropsychological center in the city of Tehran in 2015.24 couples (48 people) of the clients of these centers were selected through available sampling method and they were randomly put into experimental and control groups in order to do the study. The research instrument included Riff’s (1967) 84-question psychological wellbeing questionnaire. Before administering training intervention, both group members were assessed through pretest and then 10 sessions of therapy design (once a week) were implemented. After finishing therapy sessions, posttest and two-month follow-up stages were administered. The collected data were analyzed via mixed ANOVA and Bonferroni follow-up test via SPSS 24 software.
Finding: The data analysis results showed that behavioral-systems couple therapy has led to the significant increase in the mean score of experimental group couples at posttest and follow-up stages (p Considering the lowness of maladaptive couples psychological wellbeing, according to the findings of the present study, behavioral-systems couple therapy can be employed to improve their psychological wellbeing.

Personality disorders are a consistent behavioural and inner experience pattern that is considerably at odds with cultural expectations. It is pervasive, inflexible, stable over time (it may develop into confusion and disorder), and begins during adolescence or adulthood. One of the many types of personality problems is the dependent personality disorder. It is a natural need for human beings to communicate with and ask for help from others but people with dependent personality disorder tend to show too much need for these bounds which can surely be troublesome. This article aims to study the effectiveness of dialectical behavioural therapy on self-efficacy of females with dependent personality disorder. For this purpose, 30 women diagnosed with dependent personality disorder through MCMI test were chosen out of the women who visited consultation centers in Tehran. These subjects randomly selected were assigned into control and experiment groups. The experiment group went through 10 sessions of dialectical behavioural therapy while the control group were put in the waiting list. Before and immediately after the interventions all groups went through Sherer general efficacy test. Results show that by stabilizing the pre-test effects there is a significant difference between the control and test group (P

Mental health is one of the main components of positive psychology movement that plays an important role in physical health, mental health, life satisfaction, and successful marriage. Also, its increase in distress and crisis in couple's relationships can be considered as a positive achievement in couple therapy. This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of integrative behavioral couple therapy and behavioral systems couple therapy in increasing the mental health of couples.
This was a quasi-experimental research with pretest-posttest control group design and repeated measures. The statistical society was formed of couples who referred to four psychological counseling in Tehran. In this study, 24 couples were selected by convenience sampling method and then randomly divided into two experimental groups and one control group. Ryff's psychological well-being questionnaire included 84 questions with six sub-scales was used for data gathering. These data were analyzed using SPSS software, descriptive statistics indexes, mixed model analysis of covariance, and also multivariable analysis.
The findings showed that compared to behavioral systems couple therapy, integrative behavioral couples therapy had a greater impact on increasing self-acceptance, personal growth, and environmental mastery (components of mental health).
In healthy interpersonal relationships, especially marriage, it is required that couples increased their sense of control over the environment with having a positive attitude to themselves and their past lives. It will help them to achieve new experiences as a human with effective potential.

The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of Imago Therapy techniques and life skills training program in communication' Patterns for young couples. The population in this study was young couples who have referred to counseling centers in Bushehr. The sample consisted of 90 subjects (45 pairs) and they were replaced into two experimental groups and one control group. After the pre-test, each group for 10 sessions (one session per week) exposure to life skills education and training of Imago Therapy techniques. The research instrument was the questionnaire of communication pattern. For data analysis, covariance and regression analyzes were used. Results showed that both Imago Therapy techniques and life skills training was effective on improving couple's communication patterns. With comparing the two methods,(Imago Therapy techniques and life skills training) life skills training, is more effective in improving couple's communication patterns.

The purpose of this study was to determine and compare the effectiveness of Shafiabady''s multi-axial model and Gotfredson''s theory of constraints and compromises on the components of entrepreneurial behavior of the students of Islamic Azad University (Science and Research Branch of Tehran). Research method was pretest-posttest with a control group quasi-experimental. Out of a population of 253 graduate students who had volunteered to participate in entrepreneurship classes at the College of Humanities and Social sciences with lower scores on entrepreneurial behavior questionnaires 45 students were randomly selected. They were assigned to one control and two experimental groups. After 8 training sessions، data were analyzed employing Analysis of Covariance and post hoc Bonferroni test. The results suggested that both methods were effective in enhancing the components of entrepreneurial behavior (decision-making، recognizing the opportunity، determining the structure، funding sources، and determining strategies). In enhancing recognizing the opportunity، however، Shafiabady''s method yielded a larger effect. Thus، it is suggested that the basic concepts of both models، particularly Shafiabady''s model، be used to improve entrepreneurial behavior of college students.

The aim of this study was to know the effectiveness of stress inoculation on decrease of post traumatic stress disorder in Iran- Iraq (Persian Gulf) war. the research theory was part-experience، for this sake 30 veterans stricken to war related PTSD veterans in mahabad randomly chosen and situated in two experiment group (15 person) and control group (15 person). data collecting was done by PCL questionnaire، which is done before and after the exam. after the pre-exam، the experiment group received 8 stress inoculation training session. data collecting analyzed by analysis of covariance. the research consequences revealed that interfering with stress inoculation training in compare with control group cause decreasing of PTSD general signs and decreasing of avoidance and arousal signs. But this theory did not take effect re-experiencing signs after the interfere in veterans. therefore with respect to the effect of stress inoculation training on decreasing the PTSD signs، suggested that for decreasing the post traumatic stress in veterans use the upon theory at medical centers.

The main purpose of this study was to investigate strengths and weaknesses of entrepreneurship training courses based on Gottfredson theory of constraints and compromise from the views of the participants in the training program.The research method was semiexperimental or pre-test/post-test with a control group. 30 volunteers of students participating in the entrepreneurship classes organized by the Science and Research Branch of Azad University who obtained lower scores based on entrepreneurship skills questionnaire were randomly selected and divided into two experimental and control groups. The test group received 8 sessions of entrepreneurship skills training. Comparison of these two groups indicated that the training course based on Gottfredson theory had an effect on the enhancement of their entrepreneurship skills and most of the participants evaluated the effectiveness of the course as very high. Therefore, it is concluded that Gottfredson theory can be of more interest and further explored as a method of entrepreneurship skills training.

The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of life skills training on reducing methamphetamine abusing patients depression and anxiety at the clinics of treatment of drugs at Tehran in 1390. Research method was quasi experimental with experimental and control groups with pre and post test experiments. 30 patients who abused methamphetamine selected by chance Custer sampling and randomly assigned in two groups, each group containing 15 subjects. Beck depression inventory and Cattle anxiety test were used for the assessment of the level of depression and anxiety. Subjects in experimental group received life skills training for twelve 2 hours sessions and subjects in control group didn’t receive any training. The obtained data were analyzed by independent group t and covariance analysis. The results showed that life skills training reduced the depression and anxiety of experimental group subjects and this showed that life skills training was effctive on declining of depression and anxiety in the subjects participated in the research. The results also showed life skills training were more effective on declining anxiety than depression.

The main objective of the study was to develop and validate a questionnaire to measure entrepreneurial behavior. Statistical population (n = 1497) of the research were all humanities graduate students at the Science and Research Branch of Islamic Azad University, Tehran in 2011, of whom 500 individuals were selected and completed a researcher compiled entrepreneurial behavior questionnaire. The content validity, construct validity, and criterion validity of the questionnaire were calculated by experts in the field. Cronbach’s Alpha coefficient, a measure of internal consistency, was 0.90 for the entire questionnaire and larger than 0.7 for each of the subscales.

The objective of the study was to determine the relationship between personality characteristics and petrochemical corporation personnel’s job satisfaction in Tabriz. The research method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population included all the staff of petrochemical corporation (400 person), out of which 194 person using Morgan table were chosen as the sample size. The method of sampling was random stratified. To collect the data, two standard questionnaires Bray & Rothe’s job satisfaction and NEO-FFI personality were used. Using SPSS software and inferential statistics such as pearson’s correlation coefficient, stepwise regression, the hypotheses and questions were tested. The results showed that there was a significant positive difference between the conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and job satisfaction. There was a significant negative difference between neuroticism and job satisfaction. There was no significant correlation between openness and job satisfaction.

The aggression is one of the most important problems among the adolescences in relation with the others. Aggression is an emotion and researches showed that the emotional intelligence might help to better manage. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of the emotional intelligence training on the aggression. An experimental design was conducted using pre and post-test including control group. The statistical population included 420 adolescent boys. 120 students were selected and asked to complete Boss and Perry’s aggression questionnaire. 30 students who have got highest scores were selected and randomly divided into two the experimental and the control group. The experimental group received eight teaching sessions of the emotional intelligence training while the control group did not. At the end the aggression questionnaire completed again. The collected data were analyzed using covariance and t-student test. The results showed that the emotional intelligence training decreased the physical, verbal and anger aggression. There was not changed in the level of the student's hostility. We can confirm that the emotional intelligence training may reduce aggression in adolescent boys. Introducing emotional intelligence training in the national educational system for secondary school boys highly recommended.

The present research aims at assessing the effect of teaching gnosticism and spirituality on raising mental health among female high-school students in District 13 of Tehran during academic year 1386-87. Out of the sample of 120 students who were selected through a multi-stage sampling method, 60 students who had obtained higher scores on the mental health questionnaire were singled out in each school. 60 students in one school were assigned to the experimental group and the other 60 to the control group. Ten educational session was held for the experimental group based on Gnostic and spiritual approach whose foundation was on understanding of cognitive errors with the help of stories in Rumi's Mathnawi. To collect data, Goldberg Mental Health Test was employed. This test is composed of 28 four-choice items which concern four areas of physical symptoms, anxiety and insomnia, social functioning, and depression symptoms. There were totally 7 items pertaining to each of these areas. For data analysis, both descriptive statistics (e.g. frequency measures, mean, standard deviation, skewedness) and inferential statistics (e.g. analysis of covariance, LSD test) were used. The analysis of covariance demonstrates that teaching gnosticism and spirituality might raise students’ mental health, students’ physical functioning, students’ social functioning, and might lower students’ anxiety level and depression.

This study was aimed at the effectiveness of emotion-focused couple therapy on the increase of marital adjustment in a statistical population which comprised all the couples referred to the counseling centers of Karaj, out of which 20 couples were randomly selected & assigned to the experimental & control groups. Having conducted the pretest & experimental treatment (emotionally focused couple therapy) on the experimental group, post test was then performed on both groups. The data analysis finds support for measurable effects of EFT on the alteration of attachment styles.